MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering ...

Russia’s Orthodox Church has launched theological programs in the cities of Yekaterinburg and Rostov-on-Don aimed at training ...

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.

The Monastery of Simonos Petra clings almost impossibly to a sheer cliff above the Aegean Sea in northern Greece.

Father Simon tolls the bell to summon monks and visitors to afternoon prayers at the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, ...

MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering ...

It was a momentous event — the first time that the Catholic pope and the patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church had met since 1054 when the schism between the two churches occurred.

Meanwhile, in Russia a Ukrainian drone attack led to a fire at an instrument-making plant in Murom. Three people were injured in the Kursk region. The Russian army has launched an overnight ...

(RNS) — The story of the Rev. Hilarion Alfeyev captures how a once robust effort to bring Russian Orthodox Christianity and the Catholic Church together has foundered. (RNS) — Diplomacy is back.

The Czech properties of the Russian Orthodox Church, including the Church of Saint Peter ... Prime Minister Viktor Orbán meets Metropolitan Hilarion at the Carmelite Monastery on 6 September 2019.

According to the Czech press, the Russian Orthodox Church fears that in the future ... Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán meeting with Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk at the Carmelite Monastery on 6 ...